Star-Spangled Bummer (W***es Die Hard)
K. Kristofferson
Album: Spooky Lady's Sideshow


INTRO: Am

     Am                    Dm
Ring anvil for the deal we dealt us by mistake
Am                         C             Em
Our angel made of steel is big enough to break
           Am                        Dm
'Cause the rust is at his heel and I swear I seen him shakin'
    Am                Em             Am
But who'll be here to bring her body home


BRIDGE:
    A
The cabaret was crowded as her bed on payday night
E                           A              A7
Sammy hit a soldier and the fools began to fight
   D                                 A             D
We scattered like the shadows in the early mornin' light
    A               E              A
But she remained to bring the body home


For longer than it seemed, she loved some honest man
Who chased her wildest dream and rode her like the wind
And they forged the bloody chains for some wounds too deep for mending
But she was there to bring the body home


BRIDGE:
The barker stood there smiling as he beckoned us inside
See the shinin' creature that had grown too big to hide
Look here, he said, he's harmless, and we wished he was alive
'Cause few remained to bring the body home


Ring anvil for the deal we dealt us by mistake
Our angel made of steel is big enough to break
'Cause the rust is at his heel, and I swear I seen him shakin'
    C                D              C     Am
But he'll be here to bring the body home